Toy dancing figure



. A. H. ALLEN.

TOY DANCING FIGURE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 13. 1920.

1,3'Y3Q932. Patented Apr 5, 1921.

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ALONZO HORACE ALLEN, OF LEICESTER, ENGLAND.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Apr. 5, 1921.

Application filed April 13, 1920. Serial No. 372,554.

or figures, suspended over a stage with a.

back screen, the feet or legs of which are made to move with a dancing motion, without the use of any attachment, by means in visible to a spectator in front.

The inventionis shown in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 shows a face view; Fig. 2 the platform in perspective; and Fig. 3 the back screen.

The construction as shown in the accompanying drawings is as follows:

A stage A which may be a light slab of wood, is mounted over a coverless box B on a fiat steel spring C one end of which is bent downward and attached to the front side of the box B while the body of the spring C projects toward the back, so that the stage A is capable of vertical vibration from the spring C. A tongue D projects horizontallv a little below the surface from the rear of the stage A and overhangs the edge of the box B. ihe back screen 13, which may be of cardboard, and faced with a scene if desired, has downwardly projecting tongues F fitting into corresponding sockets (r provided in the sides of the box B by which it is held" upright. tongues leave a central slot so as not to interfere with the projection D from the rear of the stage, which projection passes through the slot between the tongues. A

wire hook H is attached to one of the slots 3 5 These K cut in the upper part of the back screen in E and projects over the stage A as the means of suspension for the figure M. The

figure is suspended with its feet just resting on the platform A and as the feet or legs or both are made to be easily moved any vibration of the platform A puts them into action with a forward swing. The operator with his hand behind the screen E taps the tongue D projecting from the stage A and the vibratorymotion thus given to the stage A causes'the figure to dance in a life-like manner without ostensible cause.- V 1 I I. claim: 7 The combination witha dancing figure,

of a stage consisting of a box open at top and rear, a loose platform, a supporting spring fast to the front ofthe box and to the platform, a projecting tongue at the rear of the platform, a back screen adjusted on the box at the rear of the platform, and

a suspension hook on said screen for holding the figure above the platform.

'ALONZO HORACE ALLEN, 

